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the 117 duty rules are largely to blame. Your sequence runs based on your base time zone. If you start central, you run on central for the whole sequence. If you are ORD/DFW and have a 5:30am show time in ORF then you actually enter table B at 4:30am. Now add in the 1 hour buffer for the duty day. Well, using table B with 4 legs you’re limited to 10 hours, now subtract the 1 hour buffer and you’re limited to 9 scheduled. Lots of lost utilization requiring prepositioning crews, extra reserves and a host of wasted resources.

the 117 duty rules are largely to blame. Your sequence runs based on your base time zone. If you start central, you run on central for the whole sequence. If you are ORD/DFW and have a 5:30am show time in ORF then you actually enter table B at 4:30am. Now add in the 1 hour buffer for the duty day. Well, using table B with 4 legs you’re limited to 10 hours, now subtract the 1 hour buffer and you’re limited to 9 scheduled. Lots of lost utilization requiring prepositioning crews, extra reserves and a host of wasted resources.

^^^^^This.

I stand by my statement that another base WILL open this year. It may be in an unexpected location, it may not. There are many possibilities still on the drawing board. Stay tuned.

So you do know base opening and closings operate under NDAs? So are you privy to the NDA?

Yes and yes. I abide by any and all MDA's. Notice I've thrown out hints from time to time based on certain parameters that were in play at a given time.
And go back and review my history. I was giving you info on the most recent two openings we've had and they both happened exactly as I predicted.

You can expect some potential overlap with both hub and route structure with PSA and PDT in the future. We are already flying through their bases at present. Expect it to increase and potential co bases are in our future as well.

As for our most recent additions, Miami is strong and LGA has been wildly successful. We can't grow fast enough there. Expect strong hubs for us in the future going forward. Don't rule anything out. Lots of history and monuments or bells that have cracks still are strong game players.

You can expect some potential overlap with both hub and route structure with PSA and PDT in the future. We are already flying through their bases at present. Expect it to increase and potential co bases are in our future as well.

As for our most recent additions, Miami is strong and LGA has been wildly successful. We can't grow fast enough there. Expect strong hubs for us in the future going forward. Don't rule anything out. Lots of history and monuments or bells that have cracks still are strong game players.

You can expect some potential overlap with both hub and route structure with PSA and PDT in the future. We are already flying through their bases at present. Expect it to increase and potential co bases are in our future as well.

As for our most recent additions, Miami is strong and LGA has been wildly successful. We can't grow fast enough there. Expect strong hubs for us in the future going forward. Don't rule anything out. Lots of history and monuments or bells that have cracks still are strong game players.

MIAMI is so strong, that they are already training MIA Maint. guys on the E75 at XNA facility.